Gone Huntin'

I probably won't pinterest this outfit... but am I stylin' or what?!

Just barely passed by last test for my hunter's education course! So guess what that means. Why yes, I can now officially hunt! And I am totally stoked, man. Nathan bought me the lovely camouflage above as a celebration present for my recently obtained hunter status. Now I just can't wait until I can get out there in the woods with mah rifle and get myself a buck. But that will come with time. Mostly I'm just excited to be able to enjoy the out of doors in a new way! Here's to fall and the start of the huntin season!! Can't wait :)

Being Human

There's this thing about being human, where naturally all you wanna be is selfish. Yeah, today I realized that most of my problems stem from personal selfishness issues.

Since being in a relationship with my dearest Nathan I have learned a lot of things. One of those lessons is having patience, long suffering and faith in the other person. When you love someone you have to set aside your selfish desires and love the other person for exactly who they are - weaknesses and all.

Relationships can be wonderful and beautiful, but they are hard. That is absolutely inevitable. It's a lot of work to be in one, but you know it's right when it's worth it to you to work at it because you love the other person and want to be with them. You learn things from them, you grow from them.

I realized today when I went to go talk to my Bishop that the most important thing is to have charity for the person you are in a relationship with.

Charity - complete selfless love.

That means not seeking out what you want, but what the other person wants. Being patient with them and with who they are and accepting them. NOT trying to change them. But rather encouraging them to be their best and being there for them, and loving them through difficult times and challenges.

In a relationship you face challenges, you face roadblocks, you go through rough patches. But when something is broken you fix it. You don't give up on it. That's how you build your relationship. I think people all too easily leave something because it gets hard. But the fact of the matter is, a relationship is not always fairy tale lovely dovey always happy. Sometimes you are going to get hurt, sometimes you will be frustrated or let down, but if you learn to have charity - Christ like love for the other person then you will want to work through those things, and if you put forth the effort you will come out even stronger than you were before. Most problems and conflicts could honestly be avoided if we all just had a little bit more charity towards one another.

Charity is definitely something that I have to work at. I am human. I still have a natural inclination to be selfish, and I probably will my entire life. But I can overcome that and try my best by following my Savior and learning to have a little bit more patience and understanding in my life towards others.

I am no Dr. Phil. I don't have years of experience, so maybe I don't have that many qualifications to be handing out advice or anything, but what I have come to learn is that Charity is such a crucial thing to have in a relationship. Charity is key. Learning to love selflessly and that is what I am working on.

"Perhaps the greatest charity comes when we are kind to each other, when we don't judge or categorize someone else, when we simply give each other the benefit of the doubt or remain quiet. Charity is accepting someone's differences, weaknesses, and shortcomings; having patience with someone who has let us down; or resisting the impulse to become offended when someone doesn't handle something the way we might have hoped. Charity is refusing to take advantage of another's weakness and being willing to forgive someone who has hurt us. Charity is expecting the best of each other."

 - Elder Marvin J. Ashton

To Make You Feel My Love

(as originally sung by Bob Dylan, but in the style of Garth Brooks because that's my fav version)

When the rain is blowing in your face 
And the whole world is on your case 
I would offer you a warm embrace 
To make you feel my love 

When the evening shadows and the stars appear 
And there is no one to dry your tears 
I could hold you for a million years 
To make you feel my love 

I know you haven't made your mind up yet 
But I would never do you wrong 
I've known it from the moment that we met 
No doubt in my mind where you belong 
I'd go hungry, I'd go blind for you 
I'd go crawling down the aisle for you 
There ain't nothing that I wouldn't do 
To make you feel my love 

The storms are raging on a rolling sea 
Down the highway of regret 
The winds of change are blowing wild and free 
But you ain't seen nothing like me yet 
There ain't nothing that I wouldn't do 
Go to the ends of the earth for you 
Make you happy, make your dreams come true 
To make you feel my love 

I suppose that would be a nice song to have someone dedicate to you, huh?

To love someone, truly love someone is when you can still see the smile through all the wrinkles they'll get.

And you don't care if they go bald or get pot bellies because that's part of getting old I suppose.

And I guess when you really love someone all you want to do is sacrifice for them and make them comfortable and make sure they are happy and get tucked in at night and get the last piece of cake.

And when you love someone you will probably go out and start their car for them on cold mornings.

And maybe even rub their feet sometimes.

A Bit of an Update

When you find yourself quarantined to your bedroom because you have strep throat suddenly blogging, something you haven't done in about two months, looks very appealing.

So here I am, bedridden and ill, but also blogging.

HOO-ray.

Well here is some news on my life.

 I successfully completed my first year of college! Yay! And I only just barely passed my Energy of the 21st Century class this last semester by a 1/4 of a percent. I am awesome, I know.

But really the biggest news is that I have been dating this fella right here for two months now:

His name is Nathan and I am showing him off because I love him!

So yeah, there is my life, just workin and getting ready to head on back to school. :)